Author Information At the Circulating Library

Author: Catherine Elizabeth Tylee (1811–1897)

Alternate Name(s): Mrs. George Tylee (married name)

Biography: Catherine Elizabeth Tylee was born in 1811 in Surrey, parentage unknown. She married Major-General George Tylee (who died before 1871). As a widow, she wrote one novel, Hurree de Fontenay (1876). She died in 1897 at her home in Clifton, Bristol.

References: British Census (1871; 1881); Probate; Times (9 August 1897)